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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Columbian exchange? Exam question 1 of lesson 289 «Food from around the world: how crops travelled the globe» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 1 · Food from around the world: how crops travelled the globe

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Columbian exchange?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** Columbian exchange

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 289 «Food from around the world: how crops travelled the globe» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Columbian exchange?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Columbian	columbian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the Columbian exchange |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The exchange of currency in the ports of Genoa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe:e1:o1:1
# text = The exchange of currency in the ports of Genoa
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	currency	currency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ports	port	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Genoa	Genoa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exchange** |  |  | currency |  | the ports of Genoa |  |  | nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient in=place |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The voyage of spices from Europe to Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe:e1:o2:1
# text = The voyage of spices from Europe to Asia
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spices	spice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **voyage** |  |  | spices from Europe to Asia |  |  |  |  | nom voyage «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A commercial agreement between Spain and Portugal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe:e1:o3:1
# text = A commercial agreement between Spain and Portugal
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	commercial	commercial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The transfer of crops, livestock and diseases between the Americas and the rest of the world following 1492

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe:e1:o4:1
# text = The transfer of crops, livestock and diseases between the Americas and the rest of the world following 1492
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	transfer	transfer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	livestock	livestock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	diseases	disease	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
19	1492	1492	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund | the transfer of crops and livestock and diseases between the Americas and the rest of the world *not said here* | 1492 |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 1492=Theme |
| 2 | **transfer** |  |  | crops and livestock and diseases between the Americas |  |  |  |  | nom transfer «act transitive»: of=patient |

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